Baseball glove



Nov. l5, 1938,. w. A.v KAHMAR '2,136,882

BASEBALL GLOVE Filed April 7, 1937 Arrow/EK Patented Nov. l5, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE BASEBALL GLOVE William A. Kahmar, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application April 7, 1937, Serial No. 135,365

3 Claims.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a baseball glove construction which will be of increased durability, and this I accomplish by raising the joining seams far up from the heel and out of the wayof the ball.

To these and other ends hereinafter stated or appearing the invention comprises the improved construction to be hereinafter `described and finally claimed.

In the following description reference will be made to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof and in which,

Figure 1 is a front view of the pattern by which the stock for the palm of the glove is cut.

Figure 2 is a front view of a glove having the joining seams raised far up from the heel and out of the way of the ball and showing in dotted lines features of construction at the back of the glove, and

Figure 3 is a View of the thumb looking in the direction of the arrow 3 in Figure 2.

Referring to the drawing,

The first finger I and the little finger 2 are formed by marginal folds in the stock of which the palm is made. Referring to Figure 1 the folds are along the imaginary lines a--w and b-b. The other ngers of the glove are formed in part integral with the stock of the palm of the glove and in part by separate back linger pieces 3 and 4. The fold at the first finger is provided with a slit 5 dened at the front of the glove by a tab 6 terminating in spaced relation away from the crotch c of the thumb and by a recession 'l at the side of the glove. The recession is disposed away from the crotch of the thumb and toward the center line of the rst finger.` 1a is a thumb back piece and it has an extension defined by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and conforming to the outline of the recession and extending well into the back of the index finger. 8 are gusset pieces and they are arranged at the crotches between the fingers and they extend far up away from the heel of the glove. There is a line of stitching 9 securing thc thumb back piece 1a to the margin of the slit 5 and to the end of the tab 6. There is another line of stitching l0 securing the gussets to the palm piece and to the adjacent margins of the back linger pieces 3 and 4 and to the edges of the folds that enter into the construction of the first and little fingers. There is a line of stitching Il which secures the adjacent heel parts of the back finger pieces to each other, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 2. These lines of stitching Il at the back of the glove extend from the unions of the lines of stitches l0 also at the back of the glove.

From the foregoing description it appears that all portions, including the crotch portions of the glove are free from joining seams disposed in line with the shock of the ball, and the glove is, therefore, strong and durable in use. The joining seam 9 is also raised far up from the heel and out of the way of the ball and by reason of this location the heel part of the thumb on the palm side of the glove, being of leather and seamless, is very durable. The back part of the thumb piece extends well into the back part of the index linger as indicated in dotted lines at the left in Fig. 2, thus affording freedom of movement of the thumb and index finger, and the described .location of the seam 9 facilitates this action.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention relates that. modification may be made in details of construction and arrangement in matters of mere form without de parting from the spirit of the invention which is not limited in respect to such matters or otherwise than as the prior art and the appended claims may require.

I claim:

1. A baseball glove having the first and little fingers formed by marginal folds in the stock of which the palm is made, and having the other fingers formed in part integral with said stock and in part by separate back finger pieces, the fold at the first finger being provided with a slit dened at the front of the glove by an integral tab terminating in spaced relation away from the crotch of the thumb and at the side of the glove by a recession from the crotch toward the center line of the first finger, a back thumb piece having an extension conforming to the recession and extending well across the back of the first linger, gusset pieces at the crotches between the fingers and extending out toward the ends of the fingers., a line of stitching spaced from said crotch at the front of the glove and securing the extension of the thumb piece to the margin ofthe slit and the thumb piece to the end part of the tab, stitching securing the back and front portions of the fingers and thumb together at the tip parts thereof, stitching securing the gussets to the palm piece and to the adjacent margins of the back finger pieces and stitching securing the adjacent heel parts of the back finger pieces to each other, whereby all portions including the crotch portions of the glove are free from stitching disposed in line with the shock of the ball.

2. A baseball glove having the first finger formed by a fold in the stock of which the palm portion is made, said fold provided with a slit defined at the front of the glove by an integral tab projecting outward from the crotch between the thumb and rst nger and dened at the side of the glove by a recession from that crotch portion toward the center line of the first finger, and a folded thumb piece and having an eX- tension conforming to the recession stitched to the edges of the slit and also stitched to the edges of the tab and at its free edges at the tip of the thumb, the stitches at the end of the tab beingv remote from said crotchV portion and the stitches at the recession being out of line with the crotch portion.

3. A baseball glove having a palm piece With front and back first finger portions associated therewith and provided with a tab at the root of the thumb, there being at the back of the iirst nger a deep recession, a folded thumb piece shaped to conform to the tab and having an extension conforming to the recession and extending Well across the back of the rst nger, and 10 a seam at the union of the margin of the extension and at the margin of the tab and at the edges of the thumb piece.

WILLIAM A. KAHMAR. 

